索寞

Chinese

		to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated	lonesome
trad. (索寞)		索	寞
simp. #(索寞)		索	寞
alternative forms		索莫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): suǒmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄛˋ

• Eastern Min (BUC): sáuk-mŏk

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: suǒmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: suǒmò
    • Wade–Giles: so³-mo⁴
    • Yale: swǒ-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suoomoh
    • Palladius: сомо (somo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sáuk-mŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /souʔ²⁴⁻²¹ mouʔ⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 索寞

1. (literary or Eastern Min) crestfallen; downcast; in low spirits
2. (literary or Eastern Min) lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

Synonyms

• (crestfallen):

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• 低沉 (dīchén)
• 低落 (dīluò)
• 冷館／冷馆 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 喪氣／丧气
• 壓抑／压抑 (yāyì)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 失落 (shīluò)
• 寡歡／寡欢 (guǎhuān)
• 幽鬱／幽郁 (yōuyù) (archaic)
• 悒鬱／悒郁 (yìyù) (literary)
• 悒鬱寡歡／悒郁寡欢 (yìyùguǎhuān)
• 愁悶／愁闷 (chóumèn)
• 憂悶／忧闷 (yōumèn)
• 慘沮／惨沮 (cǎnjǔ) (literary)
• 憂鬱／忧郁 (yōuyù)
• 憋悶／憋闷
• 懊喪／懊丧 (àosàng)
• 抑鬱／抑郁 (yìyù)
• 沉悶／沉闷 (chénmèn)
• 沉抑 (chényì)
• 沉鬱／沉郁 (chényù) (literary)
• 沮喪／沮丧 (jǔsàng)
• 消極／消极 (xiāojí)
• 消沉 (xiāochén)
• 灰 (huī) (literary, or in compounds)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 灰心喪氣／灰心丧气 (huīxīnsàngqì)
• 煩悶／烦闷 (fánmèn)
• 神傷／神伤 (shénshāng) (literary)
• 苦悶／苦闷 (kǔmèn)
• 萎靡
• 陰暗／阴暗 (yīn'àn)
• 陰沉／阴沉 (yīnchén)
• 頹唐／颓唐 (tuítáng)
• 頹喪／颓丧 (tuísàng)
• 頹廢／颓废 (tuífèi)
• 鬱悶／郁闷 (yùmèn)
• 鬱鬱／郁郁 (yùyù) (literary)
• 鬱鬱不樂／郁郁不乐 (yùyùbùlè)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 鬱鬱寡歡／郁郁寡欢 (yùyùguǎhuān)
• 齪嘈／龊嘈 (Hokkien)

 

• (lonely):

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• 俗 (Hokkien)
• 孤單／孤单 (gūdān)
• 孤孑 (gūjié) (literary)
• 孤寂 (gūjì)
• 孤獨／孤独 (gūdú)
• 寂寞 (jìmò)
• 寂寥 (jìliáo)
• 挑另 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 落寞 (luòmò)

 

References

• (Min Dong) R. S. Maclay, C. C. Baldwin, S. H. Leger (1929) Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect‎^[1], 3 edition, page 1461